Friday, December 14, 2012

I've taken almost a year off from the blog because I'd just run out of funny. I know that sounds crazy, but it's true. This past week, however, some friends inspired new "hey girls" and I thought I'd share them here.

It's been funny to see the old ones re-posted on blogs and facebook pages over the last few months. I had even forgotten writing some of them! I'm glad they made people laugh. Sometimes we need to laugh, just like we need to bead or make beads, to escape the reality for a while.

Today has been a somber day in the news and I hesitated posting at first, but like I said... sometimes we need the smile on days that are the least funny....

So, after posting pictures of the new Head Over Heels Zombie girl on Facebook and my other blog, I've been flooded with emails saying "I'm not going to Bead and Button, so how do I get one??"

Here's the answer... I will bring home any remaining kits and will fill orders from people who preordered via PayPal (more on that in a minute). THEN I will start making more to fill additional preorders and after that, I will make more and add the kit to the website. I'm only planning on making 75 kits all together, but my need to pay bills might make me increase this to a number that fills orders through October... No promises)

Based on initial reaction, I honestly don't expect to come home with any of the kits (I'm only taking 20 and several of those are already reserved for preorders) so I expect that I will be making more when I get back to fill the PayPal preorders and they will be ready mid to late June (I won't be back till the 12th so late June is realistic If I give myself a day or two off.)

So... Here's the deal with preorders... If you would like to order a Zombie girl kit at the Bead and Button price of $150 (price will be $175 after the show) you need to put a $50 deposit down on your kit by Sunday, the last day of the show. To do this. Go to Paypal.com and send $50 to sylvie@sylviebeads.com. Include all your contact info in the notes section.

I will fill the orders in order of receipt and will let you know an expected date of delivery after the show when I know if there are any kits left. When your kit is ready, I will send you a PayPal invoice for the balance. Once received, I will send your kit to you!

About the blog...

This all started with the absolutely hilarious Handmade Ryan Gosling site, but after talking with my friend Jill, we decided that Ryan, fab though he is, wouldn't be our pick for a bead-stud. I went and found my OWN inspiration, Gerard Butler.... gorgeous, rough around the edges.... perfect bead stud. I posted the picture on Facebook, then poof! It was a blog.

For the record, I'm pretty sure that Gerard (or any other guy who makes a guest appearance) has no clue about beads and if he did, he probably lose some tough guy points and that wouldn't make him nearly as crush-worthy.... but we can just pretend that he gets us... when other men don't. (and I'm pretty sure they don't)

Hope this makes you smile a little.

Tip Jar

My mom said I need a tip jar, so I added one, which allowed people to request their own "hey girl" guys. That became work, and I'm pretty sure that's why I ran out of funny.
SO... now it's just a tip-jar. If you love the blog, it made you laugh and you want to support me and/or my endeavors... drop a little something in the tip-jar, either via paypal or Starbucks.
You can send them to: Sylvie @ Sylviebeads. com
(remove the spaces. I've just put them there to avoid spammy stuff)